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same grounds, by the walls of the castle, a fair tool, containing" one hundred and eleven acres, well stored with fish and wild fowl; which at pleasure is to be let round about the castle. 8th. In tim- ber and woods upon the ground, to the value (as hath been offered) of twenty thousand pounds, (having a convenient time to remove them) which to his Majesty, in the survey, are valued at eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty-two pounds; which proportion, in a like measure, is held in all the rest upon the other values to his Majesty. 9th. The circuit of the castle, manors, parks, and chase, lying round together, contain at least nine- teen or twenty miles, in a pleasant country; the like both for strength, state, and pleasure, not be- ing within the realm of England. 10th. These lands have been surveyed by Commissioners from the King, and rite Lord Privy-Seal, with directions from his Lordship to find alt things under their true worth, and upon the oath o\ jurors, as veil freeholders us customary tenants; which course being held \>; ikem, arc notwithstanding surveyed and reiurned at 38,554b 15s, Out of which, for Sir RobcTi Dudley's < ontempt, there is to be deduc- ted i OjOool. and for the Lady Dudley's jointure, which is without impeachment of waste, whereby

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